Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 10:52AM
Brian Gainor in Video Vault
I wanted to post the stellar Manchester United-Chelsea shootout from two weeks ago...
Why? Because everyone loves shootouts... and there were a few other key notes:
AIG, Samsung, Ford and Heineken receive incredible publicity - the four (4) global brands are engrained in a moment that many Europeans and soccer fans across the globe will NEVER forget
166MM euros were on the line
John Terry, who missed the fifth penalty kick for Chelsea (to win) is the highest paid player in the Premier League, making 6.8MM euros per year (130,000 euros per week!)
In 2007-08, Chelsea payed out 132.8MM euros (an equivalent of $263MM!) to its players - the highest salary costs of any club in the Premier League (In contrast, ManU spent 92.3MM euros...)
Salary costs for Europe's top-flight soccer clubs have risen to a record 63% of the team's overall revenue
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